For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED PROPERTY. Personal property to which the owner has relinquished all right, title, claim and possession, with the intention of not reclaiming it or resuming its ownership, possession or enjoyment.
DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT. Any other object which is capable of inflicting pain or bodily injury.
EXPLOSIVE. Any dynamite, nitroglycerine, black powder or other similar explosive material including plastic explosives, but does not mean or include ammunition or ammunition components such as primers, percussion caps, smokeless powder, black powder and black powder substitutes used for hand loading purposes.
FINDER. A person, not an owner, who accidentally and lawfully comes into possession of personal property. A FINDER shall not be an employee or elected official of the town.
LOST PROPERTY. Personal property with which the owner has casually and involuntarily parted with and does not know where to find or recover it. LOST PROPERTY shall not include property which has been intentionally concealed or deposited in a secret place for safe keeping.
OWNER. The person in whom is vested the legal right, ownership, dominion or title of personal property. OWNER may also include a person in whose favor there is a security interest or who is the beneficiary of a perfected lien or an encumbrance pertaining to an interest in personal property, but such person shall not have right superior to the owner who is not a secured party.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. The kind of property which usually consists of things tangible and movable which is not real property. As used in this chapter, PERSONAL PROPERTY shall not include motor vehicles or animals.
SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR. Includes, but is not limited to, alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, tequila, mescal, gin, wine, porter, ale, beer, any malt liquor, malt beverage, absinthe or compound or any mixture of any alcohol, bitters, bitters containing alcohol, and any liquid mixture or preparation, whether patented or otherwise, which produces intoxication, fruits or other edibles preserved in ardent spirits, and beverages containing more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume.
STOLEN PROPERTY. The personal property which has been unlawfully taken and carried away without right or pretense of title, and without leave or consent of the owner.
WEAPON. Any firearm, including, but not limited to, deadly or non-deadly, spring gun, air gun or gas operated gun or any other like device capable of discharging a dangerous or deadly missile or any other thing designed for lethal use or which is capable of inflicting serious bodily injury. WEAPON shall not include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.
(Prior Code, § 11-4-1)